Absentee, or early, voting for the May 3, 2022 Primary Election began Tuesday, April 5, and will continue unit 12:00 PM (noon) on Monday 2.

Any Putnam County voter, who was registered in advance (by April 4, 2022), may vote early on the second floor of the Putnam County Courthouse from 8:00 AM to 4:00PM Monday through Friday. The courthouse and vote center at the Bainbridge Community Venter will also be open for absentee (early) voting from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturday, April 23, 2022 and Saturday, April 30, 2022. Voters must provide a government-issued photo ID before casting a ballot in-person at the clerk’s office or at the polls on Election Day. The ID must fit the following criteria:

• Your ID must display your photo.
• Your name on the ID must conform with your voter registration record. (Conform does not mean identical)
• Your ID must contain an expiration date and either still be current or have expired sometime after November 3, 2022 (the last General Election day).
• Your ID must be issued by the State of Indiana or the US Government.

Any person requiring an absentee ballot to be mailed to them in-county, out-of-county, or out-of-state must complete an application for an absentee ballot. Forms are available at the voter registration office (on the second floor in the courthouse) or may be downloaded from the Indiana Election Division website, www.in.gov/sos/elections, and must be filed before the ballot can be mailed. The deadline to receive an application for an absentee ballot to be mailed is midnight April 21, 2022.

For those individuals confined to their homes due to illness, injury, or a handicap, a request may be made that the ballot be brought to their home by a traveling boar or you may choose to have a ballot mailed to you by filling out the application for an absentee ballot.

A voter wishing to vote by mail or traveling board does not have to comply with the photo ID law. To request an absentee ballot application please contact voter registration at 765-655-1538.